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Andres Bayona, Media Management ’17 recently wrote a piece for Forbes Mexico entitled “El rol del gobierno en la era digital” (The role of government in the digital age). In his piece he discusses the old structure of political control in which there was a barrier of

“Unveil”, a short documentary by Joy Ernanny (Doc Studies’18) was shown in Brazil at Rio de Janeiro’s Jewish Cultural Center on December 10 for over 70 people. The film, about the first female-only beauty salon for Muslim women in New York, was received with a

Sophie Maddocks, Media Studies Alum ’18, published her master’s thesis in the Journal of Australian Feminist Studies. Her piece is titled ” From Non-consensual Pornography to Image-based Sexual Abuse: Charting the Course of a Problem with Many Names.” Article abstract: Every day, people’s most intimate moments are

JAMIE ILANA RABINOVITCH and THAIS VITORELLI, Media Management Certificate students, are semi-finalists in the Coca Cola Regal Film Festival Script Contest. This is the first time in The New School’s three years of participation that two students have advanced to the semi-finals. If they

Joy Ernanny, Documentary Studies Certificate Program Alum ’18, published a short story based on her Doc Studies film “Unveil” in Revista Piauí – a Brazilian culture magazine edited by distinguished local documentary filmmaker: João Moreira Salles. João Moreira Salles was also a guest of DOC TALKS, a biweekly series

SMS Alumna Alexandra de Rienzo is preparing to launch Zydello, a rewards and equity crowdfunding platform that provides automated finance and marketing services to help media and tech entrepreneurs succeed and reduce investment risk. Alexandra is developing the initiative with business incubator The Founder Institute,

Inés Vogelfang, editor of CHAINS, recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for their film. CHAINS is a brutally honest portrait of life after wrongful conviction, seen through the eyes of Barry Gibbs, a larger-than-life character who was framed for murder by Mafia Cops in the most

“Ben Me Over”, a short film that revolves around friendship and dating in New York, will make its world premiere this fall on Canal U in Mexico. The Hispanic network is operated by Televisa, the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world based on its

Media Studies Alumna Rebecca Heidenberg announced that her thesis film, The Water Children, will be screened next month at the Twin Cities Film Festival (Oct. 17-27, 2018) in Minneapolis. An interview with her about her film was published in a special edition of Women Cinemakers. View

Hello Alice, a dark scifi comedy developed in the Robot Co-Lab with Peter Asaro recently won “Best International Actress” in the Toronto based 300 Seconds Short Film Festival. The film starred both Claire Lanier and Karen Sepulveda and was directed by Macha Rose, all TNS

This article was contributed by DAM Guru member, Jeffrey Marino a Media Management Alum. Hosted by The Association of Moving Image Archivists June 6, 2018 Museum of Modern Art New York, NY “Who lives, who dies? Who tells the story?” sums up how history gets written – by

SMS Alum Jad-Evangelo Nasser will have his art Installation SONGS OF COLOR showcased at a Pop-up Show by Middle Eastern Artists on June 30th. Visit their Facebook page for more information, and Jad’s Instagram page for a preview.

SMS Alum Samin Pogoff and husband Adam Pogoff have been working on a feature documentary called Messiahsez for the past 4 years. They are now running a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for completion of the film. About the film: After a mega dose of psychedelic mushrooms changed his personality

We have some exciting news — we’re making a movie! But only with your help. Socialism: An American Story will be a feature-length documentary about the resurgence of socialism in the United States, its vibrant and suppressed history, and why it might be our best hope of

Media Studies alum Ben Mendelsohn, who graduated in 2011, recently successfully defended his dissertation in the Department of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU. Ben was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship in the environmental humanities at the University of Pennsylvania.

Short Film “Ben Me Over” Selected for Ruff Cuts SMS Alumna Lina Hagström’s short film “Ben Me Over” was selected for RUFF CUTS, a series of screening sessions at the New School of Media Studies. “Ben Me Over” revolves around two friends, Emilia and Cesar,

Andrew Lewis, a 2012 Media Studies graduate, has a short experimental documentary, “Going to the Store,” premiering at the American Documentary Film Festival on Tuesday, April 10. Cinematography was done by 2014 Media Studies graduate, Gulab Singh. “GOING TO THE STORE is an experimental ‘hybrid’ documentary

De Colores, a film by Luz Zamora, will be shown this Thursday, March 15, in BAM as part of a series called Through Her Eyes, curated by Michelle Materre. Click here for more info, and to purchase tickets. Click here to watch the trailer. THE STORY Aura has

SMS Alum and Colombian media consultant Andrés Bayona created a transmedia storytelling proposal, as a Media Management capstone, to support Univision increase its viewer engagement, by developing a concrete strategy based on research, studies and surveys, as well as the principles that he learned during

SMS Alum and Chilean filmmaker Gustavo Letelier is premiering his LGBTQ film “Shining Moon” at Cinema Village March 9-16. There will be a Q&A with the director at 7PM after the March 9th showing. Renato (RICARDO HERRERA) a jobless gay actor is offered the dream role

Margaret Galbraith, a graduate of the first Documentary Studies class at the New School completed her first feature-length documentary, Stickman. Stickman has shown in number of film festivals across the country and on Friday, March 16th, Stickman will have it’s New York Premiere at the Cinema

The School of Media Studies is proud of the achievements of its graduates and takes special note of three alumnae whose recent documentary work has earned them acclaim at major venues like the Sundance Film Festival, the Museum of Modern Art, and Anthology Film Archive.

Our Media Studies Grad – Jamila Daniel, just received her first writing credit on a major, episodic television show, “Chicago Fire” on NBC-TV. She’s been out in LA for the last several years making an impact in network television as a woman of color, and

Off Country Resisting Nuclear Armament in the 21st Century Off Country is a documentary film on the reemerging nuclear weapons industry that provides another deadly context for President Trump’s ongoing threats of nuclear war. The horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are well known, but the